Array-variable interpolation in PHP

Question

I am having trouble with the following:

file.php:

$row['name'] = "hello";

print("<img src=\"images/$row['name']\">");

Desired output:

     <img src="images/hello">

This generates a PHP error:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '' (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE), 
    expecting identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE)
 or number (T_NUM_STRING) in 
/path/to/file/file.php on line NN

What's happening here?

Here's a link to the answer in the duplicate question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/13935532 — gen_Eric, May 15 '14 at 20:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 15 '14 at 19:58

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Use curly brackets (docs):

print("<img src='images{$row['name']}'>");

P.S. You can use single quotes for HTML attributes.

answered May 15 '14 at 19:58

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